Daily Archive: Friday, October 21, 2022

Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), Sherwyn Greaves on Wednesday presented the keys of the Plantation Perseverance community facility (Parcel 303 Block XVIII) to Deputy Chairman of the Eccles/Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Ramesh Persaud.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) today allocated housing units to the first eleven informal settlers residing along Punt Trench, Cemetery Road and Saffon Street, as part of its relocation and resettlement programme.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Three senior ministers today threw their weight behind Boris Johnson to return as British prime minister, after Liz Truss’s resignation triggered a contest to quickly replace her as Conservative Party leader.

The local Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise says it is working to improve its service.

(Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council approved sanctions today including an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo on anyone who threatens the peace or stability of Haiti, imposing the measures on the Caribbean state’s most powerful gang leader.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was barred from holding public office today after the top election tribunal found him guilty of unlawfully selling gifts from foreign dignitaries and heads of state, a lawyer and a minister said.

(Trinidad Express) A double homicide in Wallerfield over a cow, killings in Carenage, Pleasantville and late yesterday on Henry Street in Port of Spain have pushed the murder toll to 477 for the year.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Paul Stirling smashed a glittering half-century as Ireland eliminated twice champions West Indies from the T20 World Cup and advanced to the Super 12 phase with a nine-wicket thrashing in Hobart today.

One day after its severe reprimand of Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC, on whose Facebook page a post was made announcing the outcome of an at-the-time embargoed judgment, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has officially issued a statement on the issue said it served to bring the entire administration of justice into disrepute.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says that there is a deliberate conspiracy by the government to pauperize public servants through its failure to address the issue of salary and other benefits.

(CMC) – Seasoned all-rounder Jason Holder said West Indies were facing a “big game” against Ireland in their bid to qualify for the Super 12 of the Twenty20 World Cup today.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamall has written to Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh informing her that March 13, 2023, has been appointed as the date for overdue Local Government Elections.

In a lengthy post on his Facebook page which has gone viral, amateur boxing standout, Keevin Allicock, criticized the brass of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA).

Admitting that he’s not pleased with the present condition of the Mazaruni Prison, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn has called on inmates to be “more” patient and disciplined as works are ongoing to improve their living conditions.

Team Cruel and Mocha recorded contrasting victories when the MVP Futsal Championship commenced yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Georgetown.

A $5.5m Smart Classroom was commissioned yesterday afternoon at St. Stanislaus College, Brickdam, Georgetown, by the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand.

With a firm eye on participating in the KFC Goodwill Series as an added incentive, the 3rd edition of the eight-team GuyOil Secondary School Football League is set for a pulsating conclusion, with only two rounds remaining and three teams squarely in contention for the prestigious prize.

On Friday November 11th, acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC will hear arguments in the action filed by Ramps Logistics which says that the Local Content Secretariat (LCS) is refusing to grant it certification, even though it has satisfied all the necessary statutory requirements.

(Reuters) – Hans Niemann, the teenage American grandmaster at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, online platform Chess.com

The five men who are accused of murdering the Number 70 Village, Corentyne carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt back in 2016, pleaded not guilty causing a trial to commence in the High Court in Berbice this week.

(Reuters) – WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will take on Derek Chisora for the third time in his career at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in December but the chances of him fighting Anthony Joshua appear to be fading.

(Reuters) – Swiss federal prosecutors have filed an appeal to overturn the acquittals of former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France footballing great Michel Platini on corruption charges, they said yesterday.

As it celebrates its first anniversary, Midas Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has hired around 95 Lindeners and is aiming to take on around 150 more.

Guyana Shore Base Inc (GYSBI) and its sister company, Sustainable Environmental Solutions (SES), on Wednesday, received their Local Content Master Plan Approvals from the Local Content Secretariat, Ministry of Natural Resources.

(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy said he did not agree with Phil Mickelson’s assertion that the PGA Tour is “trending downwards” and added that golfers who joined the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV Golf Series have thrust the sport into a state of flux.

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to a statement by the Prime Minister entitled, “David Patterson should acquaint himself with the truth”.

The Guyana-Suriname Basin is quickly emerging as one of the most prolific offshore oil regions in the world.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Court of Appeal has granted an interim stay blocking CL Financial’s liquidators from enforcing its judgment over the sale of it and its subsidiary Clico’s lucrative energy assets to Proman Holdings (Barbados) Limited.

Dear Editor, In the wee hours of Saturday 27th August, a big session with loud music was coming from vehicles parked at this entity after 2 a,m.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey officials announced a lawsuit on Tuesday against five oil and gas companies and a petroleum trade organization, alleging they had known for decades about the harmful impact of fossil fuels on climate change but instead deceived the public about that link.

Next week’s 2022 (October 23-28) Trade Americas, Caribbean Region Trade Mission and Business Conference will, not for the first time in recent months, offer US companies the opportunity to assess investment prospects in fourteen markets in the region, not least Guyana, where the country’s meteoric rise to the status of an oil producer has eased it ahead of the rest of the region as an investment haven.

(Reuters) – India begin the T20 World Cup in Australia as one of the favourites but captain Rohit Sharma says a lot of things will have to fall into place if they are to win the title.

(Trinidad Express) A businessman was shot and killed outside his home in Palmiste yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, This is a direct appeal to President Irfaan Ali to intervene in the current road works taking place at the main Parika to Hubu road.

First Lady Arya Ali yesterday handed over the keys to a new house to six siblings – from the West Coast of Demerara (WCD).

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Liz Truss quit yesterday after the shortest, most chaotic tenure of any British prime minister, forced out after her economic programme shattered the country’s reputation for financial stability and left many people poorer.

The Stabroek Business had met with Dianna Powell more than five years ago, back in 2017, after she had launched her Pleasurable Flavors brand.

(Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka battled past Madison Keys 6-4 6-7(4) 6-1 in Guadalajara yesterday, ending the American’s hopes of reaching the WTA Finals and setting up a quarter-final showdown with Coco Gauff, who rolled past Italian Martina Trevisan 6-0 6-3.

(Trinidad Express) The funeral service for Lebanese building designer Elias El Hajaly will take place today.

Dear Editor, A recent news story indicated that an Indian woman, Ms.

The Ministry of Education will  be distributing the “Because we care” cash grant to CAPE/6th form students on October 27 and 28.

With evidence that on-stage characterisation of gun-related violence is increasingly being used by promoters to popularise the ‘Dancehall’ genre of contemporary entertainment, the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation           (JBC) has moved to ban music which it deems to be “glorifying or promoting criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming and weapons,” according to an October 13 Associated Press report.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Washington said yesterday it believed Iranian military staff had been deployed in Crimea to provide assistance to Russian forces using Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine, as the West slapped sanctions on Tehran in response.

(Reuters) – Kusal Mendis blasted a timely half-century and Wanindu Hasaranga took three wickets as Sri Lanka eased into the Super 12 phase of the T20 World Cup with a 16-run win over the Netherlands in Geelong yesterday.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is now handling the investigation involving an Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) businessman who was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of uncustomed goods after breaching a roadblock earlier this month.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s nomination to head the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is facing resistance among allies of leftist presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who want him to have a formal say if he wins office this month.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your Editorial, “1,000 men”, 19 October.

(Reuters) – Kevin Spacey yesterday defeated a sexual abuse case against him after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial found his accuser didn’t prove his claim that the Oscar winner made an unwanted sexual advance on him when he was 14.

2022 will probably be remembered as the year in which the Caribbean sought to make what, arguably, have been the most definitive collective steps in its history to focus regional and international on the transformative capabilities of the region’s agricultural sector, even as the more global threat of climate change and, more recently, indications of a food emergency have emerged.

(Reuters) – FIFA has rejected a number of bids for the 2023 Women’s World Cup broadcast rights for being too low, the body’s Chief Business Officer Romy Gai said as he called on broadcasters to seize the “opportunity” provided by the women’s game.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) yesterday remembered Guyana-born New York cop, Randolph Holder who was shot and killed in the line of duty seven years ago.

(Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition parties are considering a plan to wind up the country’s U.S.-backed

(Reuters) – The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will be held in the heart of the city, with the spotlight being on the athletes at the Champs Elysees and Place de la Concorde, organisers said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Diwali, the Hindu celebration known as the “Festival of Lights,” a public holiday in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname, will be a public school holiday in New York City starting next year, 2023.

Venezuela’s protracted and punishing search for a route to the recovery of its once vaunted oil industry from more than five years of crippling United States sanctions would appear to be scrutinizing the PetroCaribe ‘oil alliance’ struck in 2005 between eighteen Caribbean countries and the administration of the country’s now deceased President Hugo Chavez as at least a partial option for realizing that objective.  

About 50 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in violence that broke out in Chad yesterday as hundreds took to the streets to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule.

Loving and paying for pets Just recently I was influenced to repeat a story once narrated to me because of a quite similar tale shared.

(Reuters) – The Dominican Republic has approved a request by a trading firm to export 20,500 gallons of diesel to Haiti for use principally in hospitals, according to letters seen by Reuters, as gangs continue blocking a key fuel terminal in Haiti.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Child sex abuse is epidemic in Britain, affecting millions of victims, and those who work with young people should be prosecuted if they fail to report it, a seven-year public inquiry concluded on Thursday.

A 59-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after his denied ownership of $21m worth of cannabis which was allegedly found at his West Ruimveldt, Georgetown house earlier this week.

An enduring proclivity on the part of successive political administrations in Guyana has been to rattle off strings of high-sounding and politically appealing undertakings designed to bring about an instant ‘feel good’ sensation amongst the electorate, only to have those commitments fall by the wayside, often without even an official explanation.

Dear Editor, Guyanese drove themselves to rapturous heights over the ordinary metamorphosed into the extraordinary, the grandeur, of visa-free travel to the land of their former colonizers and imperial masters. 

The New Era Entertainment-coordinated ExxonMobil Futsal Championship, will officially commence tomorrow at the Retrieve hardcourt in Linden.

Two days ago the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled on one of two election petitions challenging the results of the 2020 poll that had been brought by APNU+AFC.

By  Reza Aslan RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA – The nationwide protests in Iran over women’s rights and abuses by the religious morality police have once again shone a light on the country’s ruling clerical class and the seemingly limitless powers of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Land ownership has always been seen as a symbol of generational wealth and security, due to the important role in personal and collective development that it is seen to play.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 988’s trading results showed consideration of $30,997,854 from 58,207 shares traded in 39 transactions as compared to session 987’s trading results, which showed consideration of $40,492,697 from 121,632 shares traded in 30 transactions.